From AUKUS Advanced Technology Dialogue Australia – KB On The Go | Paddy McGuinness, Former UK Deputy National Security Advisor (Intelligence Security and Resilience); Senior Advisor at Brunswick Group, Toby Jones, Founder from TJC, and Beth Sanner, Fo...

In this episode, KB brings us the inside track at the AUKUS Advanced Technology Dialogue in Australia. Starting off with 2020Partners’ Founding Partner Greg Sim, who shares the significance of this strategic collaboration, KB also sits down with Paddy McGuinness, Former UK Deputy National Security Advisor (Intelligence Security and Resilience); Senior Advisor at Brunswick Group, Toby Jones, Founder from TJC, and Beth Sanner, Former Deputy Director for Mission Integration (ODNI); Director, Geopolitics and Strategy, International Capital Strategies as they discuss what it means to be ‘quantum-ready’, the convergence between government and industry, and the ‘Grey Zone’.

Paddy McGuinness, Former UK Deputy National Security Advisor (Intelligence Security and Resilience); Senior Advisor at Brunswick Group

Paddy McGuinness is a Senior Adviser at Brunswick Group, supporting clients on crisis and resilience and the interplay between geopolitics, national security and their transactions. He works closely with the Firm’s regional and specialist leads across Technology, Cyber, Aerospace and Defence, Litigation, Geopolitical, Activism and Competition and Regulatory Affairs.

From 2014 – 2018, Paddy was the UK’s Deputy National Security Advisor for Intelligence, Security and Resilience and Government Chief Security Officer advising two successive British Prime Ministers on UK Homeland Security policy, capabilities and related legislation. This included the UK’s National Risk Assessment and ability to respond to and recover from all hazards and threats, national crisis response and coordination, cyber strategies and programmes, counter terrorism and approach to managing hostile state activities, including the resilience of Critical National Infrastructure. He chaired the Investment Security Group reviewing FDI and M&A for National Security purposes.

As a Foreign Service officer Paddy led variously on Counter Terrorism, aspects of Cyber, the Middle East, Iran, Counter Proliferation and Africa. He served overseas in the Middle East and Europe and was an envoy on matters as diverse as Yemen, Counter Terrorism, and National Security and Law Enforcement access to data.

Away from Brunswick Paddy works with Governments on their Resilience and with Private Equity on emerging technologies, nuclear energy and space. He is a co- founder of Oxford Digital Healthcare and of Venari Security. He sits on the advisory board of PoolRe, the UK’s Counter Terrorism Reinsurance Pool. Until the recent UK General Election he was a special advisor to the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

Toby Jones, Founder from TJC

Toby is CEO of TJC and until recently was Head of UK’s Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE). TJC founded, mobilised and led ACE for the UK Home Office from 2017 – 2024. ACE is a Home Office capability which is highly regarded cross-sector for its mission-led innovation platform. ACE has expedited the development and deployment of £150M+ of cutting-edge capability driving forward diverse public missions in counter-terrorism and homeland security, cybersecurity, pandemic response, healthcare, law enforcement and justice.

Toby is known as an inspiring and innovative leader who created ACE and who has had a multi-faceted career, grounded in national security and public safety, as a senior civil servant, in private sector with a global professional services firm and founder of a successful values- based UK SME synonymous with powerful innovation.

Beth Sanner, Former Deputy Director for Mission Integration (ODNI); Director, Geopolitics and Strategy, International Capital Strategies

Beth Sanner is the Director of Geopolitics and Strategy at International Capital Strategies. She has held a wide range of national security positions for over 35 years, including in the Office of the Director of National...